Economics from the book must relate to the ground. If it doesn't then there are problems, but you cannot make products cheaper by getting other companies in other countries to manufacture them. That is short term fix with long term complications. There must be an increase in local competition, not importing products to force local companies to lower prices. That is like pushing a rock up the hill, when you find it is too heavy you cut it in half and decide to push only half up the hill. You still need to go back and fetch the other half. Getting others to assist makes the burden lighter. Competition will bring about more development. Monopolies will stagnate the economy. Zimbabwe produced all the basics locally and was economic for every working man to afford, why is that all believe that is no longer achievable other than importing. For one, for many years, there has been demand for quick, lazy solutions, pushing for external manufacture that does harm to local industry in the long term, to the benefit other nations. The pot still has the same quantity of yusa. Importing just means you need to spend more for the same product. Raw materials are cheaper than finished product. Local industry must also put their hand up regionally and it cannot do that if there is no local support. If all inputs are local, what is the excuse for increasing prices? If they require inputs from outside, then measures should be put in place to support making them more cost effective. The only way to stop companies using those cost saving measure to make more profit is to increase local competition. Not increase external participation in the local market. Importing product will achieve nothing other than push prices higher in the long term and we will be back to the beginning. The rule of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Fix the source, not try and change the outcome with the same solution.